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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

NORTHBRIDGE – After interviewing three finalists Wednesday,
selectmen voted 4-0 to appoint Adam D. Gaudette as town manager for
Northbridge. The appointment is contingent on successful contract
negotiations.

Selectman Daniel Nolan was absent from the meeting.

The
first two of three candidates who interviewed with selectmen Wednesday
for the town manager job spoke to the importance of teamwork and
communication, but they came to this point from different directions.

The third, a longtime municipal management professional, spoke about getting a board of selectmen to think globally.

Eighty
applications were received for the position. Nine candidates received
initial interviews before the three finalists were selected.

Mr.
Gaudette, a Sturbridge native who has been town administrator in
Spencer for seven years, was returning to the town where he began his
pubic administration career. Mr. Gaudette served as director of planning
and community development from 1999 to 2002, before taking related
private-sector jobs in land use management and returning to municipal
government in Spencer.

Describing himself as “a guy who
likes to get things done,” Mr. Gaudette discussed his proudest moments
of getting a $19 million debt exclusion for comprehensive road work
approved, and getting through a regional school district fiscal crisis -
and related failed Proposition 2½ overrides - while maintaining morale
and not losing department heads.

“It’s all about partnership,” Mr. Gaudette said. “I look at myself as a leader. ... I try to lead by example.”

How much money has the town spent on the Town Administrator search to date?

"This
lack of consistent, strong leadership has severely impacted the Town's ability
to operate financially at an optimum level; and this has directly impacted most
of the Town's critical financial function. ...In fact, the Town has had four Town Accountants, three Treasurer/Collectors and three Town Administrators since
2012." Management
Letter p.3, Tony Roselli, CPA April 25, 2017.

This failed attempt at hiring a town administrator began in January 2017.